Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I confirm I am in the Leinster House complex. I wish Mr. O'Rourke well in his new role. In regard to the experience in other countries in terms of compulsory purchase orders, it is very much that it facilitates a speedy negotiation of a fair price. It is an extra tool to do that. I would encourage Mr. O'Rourke to keep that under review and to come back to us on that.

On Project Tosaigh, in regard to Mr. O'Rourke's comments on that, am I to take it that we are talking about projects that are about the delivery of traditional houses and not apartments? If he is talking the speedy delivery through traditional houses, does that include duplexes or what is the situation there?

In regard to cost rental and the working assumption of the 75%, Mr. O'Rourke might explain to us where that working assumption is coming from. I appreciate the need for local input in regard to local housing needs assessments, but how solid is that as a working assumption? Much of what we have been told in recent years about the Land Development Agency has evolved a good deal, so how concrete as an overall working assumption is that?

What is the working assumption in regard to the other 25%? Is it that it will all be social housing or are we looking at affordable purchase as well? Can he rule it out such that there will not be any private, full market price homes? Is that the working assumption on it?

In regard to Project Tosaigh and the 5,000 affordable homes, is the 75% cost rental applied to those or are we talking about affordable purchase in that regard? On the medium-term plans, the 5,200 homes and the breakdown of 80% apartments and 20% traditional housing, is the assumption that cost rental and tenure mix will apply equally across those different types of build? Is there going to be a concentration or a favour towards apartments or whatever? Mr. O'Rourke might let us know about that.

In 2018, and Deputy Duffy referred to this previously, the LDA was talking about 150,000 homes over 20 years. The target is now getting up to 2,000, so that would be 40,000 over 20 years. There is a substantial gap in that. Can we have elaboration on whether the larger number was always about master plans and not direct delivery? Certainly the impression many people took was that it was going to be about direct delivery. Can we have clarification on that? How quickly does Mr. O'Rourke think he can get to that target of 2,000 a year? Does he have a date in mind how quickly he can get to that position?